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2002 World Cup - Georgia 2 Lithuania 0

First Published: Sep 05, 2001

Georgia defeated Lithuania 2-0 with late goals from Aleksandr Iashvili to keep the visitors at the bottom of group eight.

New coach Alexander Chivadze has now won back-to--back matches but Lithuania again contributed much to the game with a disciplined performance that took its tempo from their brave 0-0 at home to Italy on Saturday.

It took until the 81st minute for Georgia to break the deadlock when Aleksandr Iashvili let a cross from Georgi Kinkladze drop in the area for a low finish and he was put clear to seal the win by Georgi Demetradze.